Yankees @ White Sox
July 22, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 11 1
White Sox 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 7 11 1
White Sox 2 7 1

Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .333 .327
At Bats 2 270
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 0 18

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 9 13
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Comiskey Park - July 22, 1978
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Out
Rich Gossage
Mike Heath
Jim Spencer
Brian Doyle
Graig Nettles
Fred Stanley
Lou Piniella
Mickey Rivers
Thurman Munson
Don Kessinger
Tom Spencer
Claudell Washington

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 7 11 1 11
Chicago White Sox 2 7 1 5
Winning Pitcher Catfish Hunter
Losing Pitcher Wilbur Wood
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Graig Nettles
Attendance 32,163
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Washington moves to third.
Bottom 9 Washington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Spencer now playing first base. Garr hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Heath fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaGrow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 White hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Nettles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Spencer. Nettles reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rich Gossage now pitching. Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Munson strikes out.
Top 8 Tom Spencer now playing center field. Rivers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Spencer. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Tom Spencer pinch hits for Henry Cruz. Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Brian Doyle now playing second base. Washington hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Heath fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Heath strikes out.
Top 7 Stanley takes first base on ball four. Chambliss scores. Nettles moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 7 Lerrin LaGrow now pitching. White takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Top 7 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella scores. Chambliss moves to third.
Top 7 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Piniella moves to third.
Top 7 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Molinaro. Piniella reaches second base with a double. Munson goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lamar Johnson now playing first base. Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Lamar Johnson pinch hits for Ron Blomberg. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Molinaro tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Garr strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Molinaro. The throw from Heath and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Molinaro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Kessinger, and towards Orta, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Heath hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Nahorodny hits a fly ball into right field. Munson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Nettles bunts towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blomberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. Rivers scores. Piniella moves to third.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers moves to third. Piniella moves to second.
Top 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Molinaro. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. Washington reaches second base with a double. Blomberg moves to third.
Bottom 4 Blomberg bunts towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Orta hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garr strikes out.
Top 4 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chambliss scores. Stanley moves to second.
Top 4 Stanley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chambliss moves to third.
Top 4 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chambliss moves to second.
Top 4 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nettles tags and scores.
Top 2 Stanley takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 2 White takes first base on ball four. Nettles moves to second.
Top 2 Nettles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Molinaro. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Blomberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Molinaro moves to second.
Bottom 1 Garr hits a popup in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Molinaro takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blomberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it and throws to first for the out.